Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction In February 1876

In February 1876

This cross is issued around the same time as was Prussian 1813 Iron Cross

Gablonz” on the reverse

Jubilee Medal for 70 Years of the Armed Forces 1918-1988

measuring 313 mm (w) x 106 mm (h))

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction In February 1876(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a round write catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of a brass